Contest #1

Welcome to BeagleBoard contest #1. This contest is about give-away one BeagleBoard Rev C1 to winner and another to the runner-up. Judges will determine criteria and won't be eligible for winning the contest. Schedule:

BeagleBoard revision C1 will have working USB HOST (EHCI) and newest OMAP3 silicon revision. By this contest you will get it ~2 month before this revision is publically available by DigiKey (~March 2009).

Project ideas

Here are some ideas which projects would be nice to be done by this contest. But don't hesitate to add your cool project below even if it doesn't match any of these ideas:

EHCI support

Stable musb

ISOCH support

High-speed USB TV tuner support

Hot-plug support for OTG (host and client)

USB Digital TV tuner (either ATSC or DVB-T)

Hauppauge HVR950 suggested as reference

Projection TV coupled with the Pico

Consumer IR remote control via LIRC

Audio record

Latest kernel version

USB camera support

gspca driver - need to validate with multiple cameras

UVC driver

USB support in u-boot

Fixing bugs listed on code.google.com

Android port and various applications

Contest projects

Please add here your project you like to participate at this contest. Please add the project to beagleboard.org projects, too. If you add a new project here, please append it at the end of list below. Then we can rely on numbering if talking about projects (e.g. "I like project 3.1").

openGPS

Title: develop open source software to use BeagleBoard as a handheld GPS receiver

beagleboard.org project: none yet

Short project description: openGPS is a project to use a basic processing platform with open source software to develop a handheld GPS receiver. Using any of a number of available map data bases, such as Open Street Maps, a handheld GPS receiver would provide new capabilities that are not currently found in commercial receivers. In addition it would provide a platform for a number of customizations and expansion of capabilites.

Homepage: none yet

Expected results:

development of a display app with moving map capabilities

development of a user interface for handheld apps

integration with suitable LCD display

interface to map files on SD card

Wiki page on GPS receiver functions and features

Contact: Please add (obfuscated) mail address or Beagle IRC nick

Beagle Conference System

Title: Use beagle to come up with a conferencing system for home users

Short project description: This is a project that aims at bringing conferencing into the drawing rooms of users' homes. The idea is to use beagle, interface it with a webcam, internet (through ethernet/ wifi), usb bluetooth (to interface a integrated keyboard/ mouse), audio in and out of beagle interfaced with a microphone and the speakers of the tv (in the living room of the user), and use a conferencing software like Ekiga (or probably Skype?). The device should be extremely affordable (low cost), to bring conferencing to homes of common users.

Homepage: none yet

Expected results:

A 'complete' home conferencing system would include the 'unit' and a keyboard with an integrated mouse. The 'unit' shall consist of beagle, with interfaces exposed for USB webcam, audio in for microphone, audio out to connect to the TV, ethernet interface or another USB port for USB wifi and another USB port for bluetooth.

When the system is turned on, users shall be presented with a list of contacts that they could dial (probably a customized interface of Ekiga).

The software shall provide the users, the capability to add/ modify/ delete users and their contact details.

The software shall also provide for ways to chat (text) with the users.

The software shall be capable of running through a demo for the users which includes instructions for set up and usage.

Contact: Please add (obfuscated) mail address or Beagle IRC nick

BeagleRC

Title: Use a beagle board to drive a remote controlled car.

beagleboard.org project: None

Short project description: Connect servos to the beagle board expansion header, 802.11g wireless to the use port, and use joystick on a host to remotely control the servos.

USB Support in U-boot

Short project description: Currently people require an extra serial adaptor to interact with u-boot, adding USB gadget support to u-boot enables the use of serial console, saving costs and troubles to BeagleBoard users. This enables as well the future application of the DFU patches to power fast software downloads without requiring MMC (but the DFU patches are a different can of worms to be accepted on mainstream u-boot).

Expected results: U-boot patch against u-boot omap3 git tree that enables booting beagleboard and appear as an USB serial adaptor (CDC class, so it can be used in Linux/OS x without major problems), and the modified .inf file for windows.

Contact: ddompe at IRC

James

Title: James - Just A Miniature Entertainment System

beagleboard.org project: To be Added...

Short project description: James is a home server system aiming at video recording (PVR), storage and playback, but also offering other common home functions, e.g. in the areas of security and IP telephony.